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backbore en · NOUN

Etymology

From back + bore.

Meanings

  1. The section between the throat and shank of the mouthpiece of a brass instrument.
    • More conical backbores give a richer tone, while more cylindrical ones give a brighter, more projected tone.

Forms

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backbores Number=Plur lexicographic

backbore en · VERB

Etymology

From back + bore.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To modify (a weapon's barrel) so as to increase the bore diameter.
  2. To bore from the backside of a workpiece by using a boring tool that passes through one or more through holes, deploys a cutting edge (or receives it by manual insertion from an operator), bores a feature on the far side, retracts the cutting edge (or has it removed), and then retreats back through the hole (toward the tool's origin).

Forms

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backbored Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
backbored Tense=Past lexicographic
backbores Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
backboring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Coordinates

back-spotface · spotface · counterbore · back-countersink · countersink · back-counterbore

Hypernyms

bore · bore · cut · cut

Relateds

overbore